Each song was separately recorded, mixed and produced at various studios in the UK and North America. Led Zeppelin II was conceived during a busy period of Led Zeppelin's career from January through August 1969, when they completed four European and three American concert tours. Since its release, various writers and music critics have regularly cited Led Zeppelin II as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. On 15 November 1999, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales passing 12 million copies.
The album's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1970. Led Zeppelin II was a commercial success, and was the band's first album to reach number one on charts in the UK and the US. One single, " Whole Lotta Love", was released outside of the UK (the band would release no UK singles during their career), and peaked as a top-ten single in over a dozen markets around the world. Six of the nine songs were written by the band, while the other three were reinterpretations of Chicago blues songs by Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf. It has been described as the band's heaviest album. The album exhibited the band's evolving musical style of blues-derived material and their guitar riff-based sound. The album's production was credited to the band's lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page, and it was also Led Zeppelin's first album on which Eddie Kramer served as engineer. Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in both the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969. Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. " Whole Lotta Love" / " Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)".
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